Abstract
ABSTRACT During the last decade there has been an increasing recognition in the worlds of business and education that employees are their most important asset. Governments, too, throughout the industrialised world have begun to acknowledge the links between successful economic development in a competitive environment and a committed, flexible workforce. Initially, attempts to promote the efficiency and effectiveness centred upon job analysis and the parallel development of ‘job‐related competences’. After considerable flirtation with this, more progressive companies ‐ such as Ford and the Rover Group in the United Kingdom ‐ realised the need to recognise workers as whole persons with lifelong learning needs. Profiles and portfolios were developed and employees now play a much greater part in determining their own learning needs over time. Personal development as part of professional development is being legitimised. It is no accident that 1996 has been designated the Year of Lifelong Learning by the Europ...
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